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Monday, 24 September 2012

                      Is Gliese 163c the Most Habitable Exoplanet?



A newly discovered alien planet may be one of the top contenders to support life beyond Earth, researchers say. The newfound world, a "super Earth" called Gliese 163c, lies at the edge of its star's habitable zone -- that just-right range of distances where liquid water could exist.

"There are a wide range of structures and compositions that allow Gliese 163c to be habitable planet," Xavier Bonfils, of France's Joseph Fourier University-Grenoble,
He went on to caution that several possible uninhabitable combinations exist as well.

 
 
I was amazed the first I read this article, because



http://news.discovery.com/space/habitable-exoplanet-gliese-163c-life-120920.html

Sunday, 23 September 2012



                                         9/11 surfer's story

 
 
After a terrorist attack concentrated on World Trade Center there were just a few people survived. One of this surviviors is  Pasquale Buzzelli  which was working on the top of the floors of the Globe trade center. He was on the one of the floors which were aproximately the middle of the tower, which makes it even harder to believe that he survived after huge half of the bulding falled on him but before that he also was falling down from ther height of 100 meters.

Thursday, 20 September 2012


        'Meteors' sighted in skies across UK


 
Meteor seen in skies at Maam Cross, Connemara, Ireland
 
 
People from UK reported seeing bright light in the sky, which looked like falling star. Brian Guthrie in Grangemouth said that '' I've seen shooting stars and meteor showers before, but this was much larger and much more colourful."
Howard Parry spotted a "stream of light" while looking out to sea from his caravan in Llanrhystud in Ceredigion at around 23:00. He said "I thought first of all it was a plane going down then I thought what the devil is it? Scientist say that it was probably space junk
 because meteors have much more speed, and they produce less light.They say that there also possibility that this space junk was human made, and it's returning back where it came from, so in case if its true than there is going to much more and bigger junk that will eventually fall on earth


Meteor close-up from Northamptonshire



For me this is one of the most interesting because no one knows even 1 % information about space there is so much more stuff to explore, and so may galaxies which may include planets with life on them. No one sure what was this flash of light, it might of bee meteor, space junk, UFO. I like listening stories about UFO, because there are so many people talking about it, ad trying to prove it that it make many people to wonder if its true. One of the most discussed international topics is Space, why? because there is infinite number of mysteries






http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19683687

Monday, 17 September 2012


                                             The Luminaid





Two years ago there was earthquake on Haiti which damaged all power lines, destroyed many houses leaving many people with out their homes and electricity, so they would spend nights in the darkness without seeing anything.

Andrea Sreshta the student of Columbia University in New York who was putting a special effort towards master degree in architecture
"Lighting was something that seemed a little bit overlooked," she said. So for a class project on designing around disaster, Sreshta teamed up with classmate Anna Stork, who had a background in engineering. Together, they decided to create lighting for the thousands of Haitians living in the so-called "tent cities" that sprang up around the country, particularly on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
"We read stories about how people felt very unsafe at night, especially women and children," says Sreshta. Given Haiti's shaky electricity grid, the two women turned to the idea of solar power. They designed a number of solutions, large and small, but one idea really stuck; a small solar light which they calles the Luminaid.
The idea, like the product itself, couldn't be simpler. Luminaid is an inflatable plastic bag, about the size of a small pillow. In an exterior pocket, Sreshta and Stork fitted a solar cell, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and one single LED. It has one switch, which can be set to off, low and high. Depending on the sunlight, the battery can fully charge in two to three hours. On the low setting, Luminaid can give light for about six hours. On the high setting, it lasts around four hours.





http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120207-lantern-shines-light-on-disasters?selectorSection=technology

Friday, 7 September 2012

Dan's Blog

   

  Nokia plans November launch of new Lumia Phones

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nokia is going to launch sale of Nokia smartphones this November with hope to get into the most profitable phone market. The biggest competetive os Lumia in present time is new iphone 4s which came out January 13, 2012. Nokia became stronger company since it bought right to use smartphone programm despite most of the mobile phone companies including Sumsung, which are forced  to pay for plagarism a massive amount of money to Apple.
 
 
Since Iphone 5 is going to come out this 25 of september it probably is going to become most popular product on phone market for 5 or 6 months, which will cover the release date ( 13 of January) of Lumia, which decreases Nokia's chances to get into the most profitable phone market.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/mobile/nokia-plans-november-launch-of-new-lumia-phones/article4526081/